"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is anewcreation.
The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come.
All this is from God, who through Christ
reconciled us to himself
and gave us the ministry
of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,
not counting their trespasses against them, and
entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you
on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin
who knew no sin, so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God."